Band-cutting knife.



Patented Feb..6, I900. B GARLLUS BAND CUTTING KNIFE.

(Application filed Nov. 13, 1897.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

BERNT GARLLUS, OF WESTPORT, WISCONSIN.

BAN D-CUTTING KNIFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,689, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed November 13, 1897. Serial No- 658,413- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNT GARLLUS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the town of Westport, in the county of Dane, State of Wisconsin, have invented a new" and useful Knife for Cutting Strings, Bands, and Cords, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in knives intended to be used for cutting cord or band, especially while threshing grain, to cut the hands by which the grain is bound; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a knife that is entirely safe, so that it is impossible for the operator to accidentally or otherwise cut himself or fellow workmen; second, to provide a knife that will readily find and cut that which it is intended to cut; third, to protect the cutting edge as much as possible from accidental inj ury and wear, and, fourth, to afford easy facilities for removing the blade for the purpose of sharpening. I attain these objects by the arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of the entire knife; and Fig. 2, across-section of the same, guarding-hook B being pulled forward and blade A removed.

The hook-shaped piece B is the safetyguard of the knife and also assists in holding the blade in position, being provided with a slot or grooves b b, Fig. 2, fitted to receive placing the hook end of the guard over the end of the blade and secure it to the handle in the manner shown.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a band-cutting knife, the hook B, having grooves b b, and the hook D, the adjust-- able handle 0, and the cutting-blade A, de-

tachably engaging grooves 12 b, substantially as shown and described.

BERNT GARLLUS.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH E. MESSERSMITH, ERNEST W. WARNER. 

